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Library spokeswoman Ruth Lednicer tells the Chicago Tribune that most items returned were three to five weeks overdue. But she says staff members were surprised by how many overdue items dated back to the 1970s and `80s.

The oldest book returned was a limited-edition copy of Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray," due 78 years ago.

Lednicer says the library waived more than $640,000 in fines during the amnesty period.

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